Experimental test of the sweet-parker model of magnetic reconnection

Hantao Ji; Masaaki Yamada; Scott Hsu; Russell Kulsrud

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3256

Experimental test of the sweet-parker model of magnetic reconnection

Hantao Ji, Masaaki Yamada, Scott Hsu, Russell Kulsrud

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We report a quantitative experimental test of the Sweet-Parker model of magnetic reconnection in a controlled laboratory plasma. It is found that the observed reconnection rate can be explained by a generalized Sweet-Parker model which incorporates compressibility, downstream pressure, and the effective resistivity. The latter is significantly enhanced over its classical values in the collisionless limit.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3256-3259
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	80
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3256
State	Published - 1998

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